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Library Resources (and Veteran\’s Day)

Thursday is Veteran\’s Day, so I was doing research on it and found that one of our new databases has lots of good resources for and about Veterans. History Reference Online Complete from ABC-Clio has several titles about veterans and the issues they have faced. In fact the library has over 175 databases to helpContinue reading “Library Resources (and Veteran\’s Day)”

Need a News Video for a Presentation?

Dick Smith Library can help! Choose Newsbank from the library\’s database page. If you\’re off-campus, log in with your NTNET username and password. Click \”Access World News.\” Click the \”Source Types\” tab. Mark the checkbox for video (uncheck other types if desired). Enter your search terms and choose search fields (headline, caption, etc.). Click \”Search.\”Continue reading “Need a News Video for a Presentation?”

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Top Tens of Global Road Warrior

Global Road Warrior is one of those databases that can be a lot of fun to look through – you never know what interesting information you\’ll find. Below is a list, in no particular order, of ten people, places, and more that are top ten of something – all this information was found in Global RoadContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Top Tens of Global Road Warrior”

Trial Databases – Feedback needed!

The library needs your help. Please give your feedback!There are several databases up for trial (http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/trialdbases.html) and we need to know if they would be beneficial for your research. If there are other resources you think the library should have please let us that too! Current resources on trial: (access information on trial page above)Continue reading “Trial Databases – Feedback needed!”

Top 10 Tuesday: Tips for E-Research

Research can be pretty daunting — so many possible starting places, so little time. Online resources can help us locate useful, quality information, as well as meet deadlines if used systematically. The following list presents one possible strategy: begin with general resources and progress to more specialized resources. 10. Start with Wikipedia for topic overviews.WhileContinue reading “Top 10 Tuesday: Tips for E-Research”

Contemporary World Music

A while back, I wrote a post on Classical Music Library. The library now has access to another database that allows you to listen to lots of music, Contemporary World Music. It doesn\’t have as many playlists as Classical Music Library (yet?), so I tend to prefer browsing by places or instruments. My current favoriteContinue reading “Contemporary World Music”

Library Usage

Wow! The library has over 170 databases that are available for our students 24/7 from anyway in the world. Last year over 2 million searches were done on these databases and over 920,000 full text articles were downloaded! Over 681 pieces of digital music were listened to, and 4,735 maps were viewed. The library hasContinue reading “Library Usage”

What\’s the next book in the series?

So, you just finished a book in a series and you desperately want to read the next one, but you don\’t know what it\’s called. You could look at the author\’s website and hope that it has a list of everything in the series in order. You could do a search in your favorite searchContinue reading “What\’s the next book in the series?”

Is This Journal Peer-Reviewed?

You may get an assignment from your professor that requires you to use peer-reviewed journals. Peer-review is a process of evaluation that an article in a scholarly journal goes through before it is published. Experts, working in the same field as the author, review the article and either accept it, decline it, or return itContinue reading “Is This Journal Peer-Reviewed?”

Classical Music Library

Believe or not, there is actually some fun to be found in our databases – they don\’t have to be just for coursework! One of my favorite \”fun\” databases is Classical Music Library. In addition to the other information it provides, you can also listen to over 60,000 music tracks using this database. I don\’tContinue reading “Classical Music Library”